I heard some unexpected mutterings from colleagues about not enjoying the Goodwood Festival of Speed quite as much as normal. I get some of it. How higher hay bales this year have reduced visibility after an errant wheel entered the crowd last year, and that if one wanted to watch an electric SUV drive past, […]
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COACHELLA, Calif. — Claudia Lua Alvarado has staked her future on the rows of towering date palms behind the home where she lives with her husband and two children in a desert community east of Los Angeles. It’s not solely due to the fleshy, sweet fruit they give each year. Their ample shade and the
DETROIT — Two U.S. senators are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate automakers selling customers’ driving data to brokers who package it and then sell it to insurance companies. In a letter to FTC Chairwoman Linda Khan, Democrats Ron Wyden of Oregon, and Edward Markey of Massachusetts allege that General Motors, Hyundai, Honda
RIO DE JANEIRO — Finance ministers from leading rich and developing nations agreed Friday to strive toward effectively taxing the super-rich, a joint ministerial declaration said. “With full respect to tax sovereignty, we will seek to engage cooperatively to ensure that ultra-high-net-worth individuals are effectively taxed,” the declaration said after the two-day meeting in Rio
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Advertisment Stocks jumped Friday as Wall Street looked to cap off a turbulent week on a positive note, and investors weighed fresh U.S. inflation data. The Dow Jones Industrials popped 654.22 points, or 1.1%, to 40,589.34, led to the upside by 3M. The industrials giant popped nearly 20% and headed for its
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Stocks in North America, including the major ones in Canada, finished the week with huge momentum, reflecting the relief over prospectively lower interest rates. The TSX Composite Index leaped 206.78 points to conclude Friday at 22,814.81. On the week, the index gained 124 points, or 0.55%. The Canadian dollar dipped
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Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Friday: Newell Brands, 3M rise; Saia, DexCom fall NEW YORK — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Friday: Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., up $5.18 to $50.45. The biopharmaceutical company beat analysts’ second-quarter earnings and revenue forecasts. Colgate-Palmolive Co., up $2.90 to $99.39.
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Monday U.S. Featured Earnings Featured Earnings Tuesday U.S. Economic Lookahead S&P Case-Shiller home price index (May) Consumer confidence (July) Job openings (July) Featured Earnings Featured Earnings ADP employment (July) FOMC interest-rate decision Thursday U.S. S&P U.S. manufacturing PMI (July) ISM manufacturing (July) Construction spending (June) Canada Economic Lookahead Labour Force Survey (July) Employment
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FirstService Corporation (T.FSV) hit a new 52-week high of $242.90 Friday Thursday. No news stories available today. Leon’s Furniture Limited (T.LNF) hit a new 52-week high of $24.78 Friday. No news stories available today. Magellan Aerospace Corporation (T.MAL) hit a new 52-week high of $9.13 Friday. No news stories available today. ATCO Ltd.
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RALEIGH. N.C. — North Carolina state regulators now declare a nonprofit run by wife of North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson must repay over $132,000 for what they call disallowed expenses while carrying out a federally funded child care meal program. The state Department of Health and Human Services revealed a larger amount in a
